Steven Biko
Steven Biko
Stephen Bantu Biko was an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth18 December 1946
warning should tacit
Any warning normally implies, even if it is tacit, that there should be changes
people personality realizing
It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality.
ethos together building
WOMEN must be at the forefront of nation-building to bring the South African citizenry together and, therefore, develop a whole new ethos of human co-existence
brother men essence
Black Consciousness is in essence the realization by the black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression.
perseverance lying dedication
The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force but of dedication, of moral persuasion.
evil arrogant majority
Apartheid — both petty and grand — is obviously evil. Nothing can justify the arrogant assumption that a clique of foreigners has the right to decide on the lives of a majority.
creating people black
Black Consciousness therefore takes cognizance of the deliberateness of God's plan in creating Black people black.
hero past men
Part of the approach envisaged in bringing about Black Consciousness has to be directed to the past, to seek to rewrite the history of the black man and to produce in it the heroes who form the core of the African background
country men white
The logic behind white domination is to prepare the black man for the subservient role in this country.
essence groups direct
The essence of politics is to direct oneself to the group which wields power
people vehicle engines
A people without a positive history is like a vehicle without an engine.
want dresses conservative
If you want to say something radical, you should dress conservative.